Sony Pictures, Joel Silver Team for Thriller ‘The Dryland’ From Screenwriter David Rothley
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterSony Pictures and Joel Silver are teaming up for the feature film “The Dryland,” from screenwriter David Rothley.The spec, an action thriller, follows a kidnapping and ransom negotiator tasked with finding a nine-year-old boy who went missing on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota. After finding the boy, she must fight to keep them both alive when they come under attack by the very people who hired her — corrupt FBI agents and cold-blooded police officials who want the boy dead because of what he knows.Rothley developed the script with indie producer Patrick Brennan, a founding member of Nine Dot Entertainment.